Irma D. Minyard
Dec 30, 2007
Services for Irma Minyard, 71, of Lompoc, will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at the Church of Christ, 138 North O St. in Lompoc. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Irma was born April 30, 1936 in Heavner, Oklahoma to Tony and Ozella Azlin. She moved to Lompoc from Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1973 and attended the...
James Robert Buford
Dec 26, 2007
JAMES ROBERT BUFORD The soul of James Buford of Arroyo Grande left this world on December 26, 2007, at the age of 53. He is survived by his parents, Dolores Buford and Col (Ret) Carrol Buford of Vandenberg Village, his sister and brother-in-law, Karen and Gene Long, of Lompoc; his brother, Joseph Buford, of Atascadero, who said "Jim was the...
Barney Terrones
Dec 25, 2007
BERNARDINO "BARNEY" TERRONES A funeral mass will be celebrated for Bernardino "Barney" Terrones at 10:00 a.m. January 4, 2008 at La Purisima Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Cook officiating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. A native of Lompoc, Mr. Terrones was born December 11, 1946 to Porfirio and Carmen Garcia Terrones. He was a U.S. Army veteran who...
Betty June Pierce
Dec 25, 2007
Betty J. Pierce of Lompoc died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at the age of 68. She is survived by her sons Scott Pierce of Walnut, California and Steven Pierce of Lompoc, and her daughters Shanna Busik of Arroyo Grande and Shaila Richards of Atascadero. Cremation will be followed by private interment in the Masonic Cemetery, Pocahontas, Arkansas.
Kenneth Edward Gorrell
Dec 24, 2007
Kenneth E. Gorrell of Lompoc died Tuesday, December 24, 2007, at the age of 77. Kenneth was born November 2, 1930, in Coolville, Ohio, to Thomas and Elsie Gorrell. After graduating from high school in 1951, he joined the United States Air Force. While in the military, he attended the University of Florida and the University of New York, earning...
Robert "Bob" Svendsen
Dec 24, 2007
ROBERT (BOB) SVENDSEN 1941-2007 Peacefully taken by our LORD Christmas Eve, December 24, 2007. Bob was born in San Diego May 27, 1941. He began to sing at an early age. At five years old, he regularly used to sing and entertain market customers while standing on the grocery store counter where his mother Lucille worked as a cashier. Bob...
Colonel (Usaf Retired) Louis Stanley Dillard
Dec 18, 2007
Colonel (USAF retired) Louis Stanley Dillard Jr., passed into the peace of our Lord on December 18, 2007, the 54th anniversary of his wedding to his adored wife Gail, who is already in His presence. He was the beloved father of Julia E. Dillard of Ipswich MA, Rebecca L. (Dillard) and Kenneth W. Anderson of Sacramento CA, and Lee A....
Louise L. Souders
Dec 14, 2007
Louise Souders of Santa Maria went home to the Lord on December 14, 2007 at the age of 86. Louise was born April 2, 1921 to Jack and Jennie Rine in Bennet, Texas. She attended schools in Johnson, Oklahoma. She married Frank Souders on July 17, 1937. Louise worked alongside her husband on the family farm where she gained a...
Reuben Allan Carlson
Dec 14, 2007
Reuben Allan Carlson of Lompoc died at the age of 87 on Friday, December 14, 2007, at Lompoc District Hospital. Reuben was born in Bark River, Michigan, on September 28, 1920, to Herman and Ellen Carlson. He was the youngest of four children. Reuben graduated in 1939 from Escanaba High School in Michigan. He served in the military during WWII...
Maryann Battle
Dec 11, 2007
Memorial services for MaryAnn Battle, 64, of Lompoc, will be 11 a.m. Thursday, December 20, 2007 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary with Msgr. John Fitzgerald of Queen of Angels Catholic Church officiating. MaryAnn passed away peacefully on December 11, 2007, after a long, courageous battle with rheumatoid arthritis and a brief illness. She was born January 4, 1943, in...
Timothy Robin Eck
Dec 9, 2007
Timothy Robin Eck of Lompoc died Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the age of 48. Tim was born June 20, 1959 in Loma Linda, California. Formerly of Highland, California he has been a resident of Lompoc since 1970. He graduated from Cabrillo High School in 1977. He was employed in the maintenance department of the Lompoc Unified School District for...
Bryan Robert Manfrina
Dec 9, 2007
Bryan Robert Manfrina, age 34, died suddenly in Lompoc on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. of complications from cancer. He was born in Lompoc the 18th of July, 1973 to Robert and Jan (Wied) Manfrina. He graduated from Lompoc High School with the Class of 1991. Bryan trained in the restaurant business while still in high school, working at the Lompoc...
Elsie M. Ferguson
Dec 8, 2007
Memorial services for Elsie M. Ferguson, 86, of Lompoc, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary with Pastor Robert Cornwall of the First Christian Church officiating. Private inurnment will be at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Ferguson was born October 15, 1921 in Warrenton, England to James and Johanna Mockler Moher. She graduated at...
Russell Barry Hodges
Dec 8, 2007
Memorial services for Ret. Lt. Colonel Russell B. Hodges, 77, of Lompoc, will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Calvary Baptist Church, 3355 Constellation Road in Vandenberg Village. Private inurnment will be at North Hilmar Cemetery, Hilmar, California. Mr. Hodges was born October 27, 1930 in San Jose, Calif. to Russell and Veva Fancher Hodges. He enlisted as...
Guadalupe Zavala Worsnup
Dec 7, 2007
Guadalupe Worsnup went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 7, 2007. She left this world and entered her rest surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Guadalupe loved the Lord. She truly fought a good fight, finished her course, and kept the faith. Guadalupe was a world traveler, a talented artist, and dollmaker. Friends can remember her at a...
Trina Cervantes
Dec 6, 2007
Trinidad Cervantes of Lompoc died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the age of 66. Trina was born September 7, 1941 in Tepatitlan, Jalisco, Mexico to Pablo and Gregoria Cornejo. A lifelong homemaker, she has been a resident of Lompoc since 1966. Trina is survived by her husband of 40 years Luis Cervantes of Lompoc, her son Francisco Javier Cervantes of...
Kenneth F. Bray
Dec 5, 2007
Kenneth F. Bray of Lompoc died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at the age of 76. Kenneth was born April 30, 1931 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England to William and Mary Bray. A resident of Santa Barbara County since 1960, he was employed as a quality control supervisor in the electronics industry in the city of Santa Barbara for 30 years. He...
Manuel A. Casarez
Dec 4, 2007
Manuel Casarez of Lompoc died Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at the age of 56. Manuel was born September 9, 1951, in Blythe, California, to Eddie and Lillie Casarez. His family came to Lompoc when he was one year old. He was an outstanding baseball player in Lompoc Little League and a wrestler in high school. He graduated from Lompoc High...
Phoebe Louise Smith
Dec 4, 2007
Phoebe Louise Smith, age 79, passed away December 4, 2007 at her home in Lompoc. Phoebe was born December 30, 1927 in Caldwell, Idaho to William and Agnes Blenkinsop. In 1977 she came to Lompoc and made it her home. She married William A. Smith, Jr. in 1953 during his service in the air force. This provided her the opportunity...
Helen Inell Hash
Dec 4, 2007
Helen Inell Hash of Lompoc died Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at the age of 55. Helen was born January 12, 1952 in Sutton County, Texas. Formerly of Indianapolis, Indiana she has been a resident of Lompoc since 1982. She has been a fulltime caregiver for the last 25 years. Helen is survived by her daughters Julie Salgado of Atlanta, Georgia,...
